Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

छंदयामास तं लिंगं वरदानैरनेकधा । तत्प्रभृत्येव ते सर्वे समुद्राः परिपूरिताः

Transliteration

chaṃdayāmāsa taṃ liṃgaṃ varadānairanekadhā | tatprabhṛtyeva te sarve samudrāḥ paripūritāḥ

Translation

അവൻ അനേകം ദാനങ്ങളാലും വരപ്രദാനങ്ങളാലും ആ ലിംഗത്തെ സന്തോഷിപ്പിച്ചു. അന്നുമുതൽ എല്ലാ സമുദ്രങ്ങളും നിത്യവും പരിപൂർണ്ണമായി നിലനിന്നു.

Word by Word

• छन्दयामास: pleased/satisfied
• छन्दयामास: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छन्दय् (धातु, णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √छन्द्/छन्दय् (to please/satisfy) causative (णिच्)

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वरदानैः: by gifts of boons
• वरदानैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वराणां दानैः)

• अनेकधा: in many ways
• अनेकधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—प्रकारवाचक (in many ways)

• तत्प्रभृत्य: from then on
• तत्प्रभृत्य: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय—‘from that time onward’

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निपात (emphasis)

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of समुद्राः)

• समुद्राः: oceans/seas
• समुद्राः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• परिपूरिताः: were completely filled
• परिपूरिताः: Karta/Predicate complement (describing subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-पूॄ/पूर् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; धातु: √पॄ/पूर्, उपसर्ग: परि; अर्थः—completely filled

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varuṇeśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A divine lady addressed as 'surasundarī/varānane' in adjacent verses (continuing interlocution)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (implicitly Varuṇa in the narrative arc) stands before a radiant coastal liṅga, offering gifts; behind, the ocean swells full and calm, suggesting cosmic replenishment triggered by worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Varadāna (boons)
• Oceans

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship and honoring the divine presence (liṅga) is portrayed as sustaining order and fullness in the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Varuṇeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, linked to the cosmic motif of the oceans’ replenishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering honors/gifts and seeking or receiving boons in relation to the liṅga (varadāna, upacāra).